'Horrified' mum issues a dire warning after her daughter's wheat bag caught FIRE just as she was about to place it in her cot
- Belle Goldie, 39, heated the wheat bag in the microwave, as per the instructions
- She put it on the bench, but planned to put it under her infant daughter's pillow
- Moments later, her partner Andy said he could smell something burning
A mother has issued a dire warning to parents after a wheat bag she uses to warm her daughter's bed caught alight.
Belle Goldie heated the wheat bag in the microwave, as per the instructions, on Sunday night and left it on the kitchen bench of her home in Penrith, west Sydney.
The mother-of-three had already placed her three-year-old son's wheat bag under his pillow, and planned to put the second bag - shaped like a stuffed bear - under her one-year-old daughter Pho's pillow.
Moments after she placed the microwaved bag on the bench, her partner Andy said he could smell something burning.
Belle Goldie (pictured with her daughter) heated the wheat bag in the microwave, as per the instructions, on Sunday night
The 39-year-old planned to put the second bag - shaped like a stuffed bear - under her one-year-old daughter Pho's pillow
'I noticed the animal smoking and opened it up to see the wheat bag on fire,' she wrote in a Facebook post.
'What if that had of been in Pho's bed!' she exclaimed.
The 39-year-old said she usually puts the bag straight in to her daughter's bed, but placed it on the bench first that night.
'Somebody was watching over us last night,' she told 7 News.
'I wouldn't even like to think about what would have happened if I had placed it into her bed... and then placed her there as well.'
'I noticed the animal smoking and opened it up to see the wheat bag on fire,' she wrote in a Facebook post
Pictured: A freshly microwaved wheat bag that caught alight moments before Ms Goldie place it in her infant daughter's bed
Ms Goldie said her heart was pounding as she ran to remove the first wheat bag from her son's bed.
Facebook users told the mother to place a cup of water in the microwave with the wheat bag to stop it from drying out and catching fire.
But Ms Goldie said she checked the instructions on the product and the manufacturer's website and nothing was said about a cup of water.
She has encouraged other parents not to wheat bags, which have been responsible for numerous house fires and fatalities.
Authorities warn to not use wheat bags in bed as they can explode and quickly go up in flames (pictured)
In 2018, firefighters were called to the home of an elderly man whose wheat bag had exploded in his bed.
Emergency services said the man suffered burns on his legs.
NSW Fire and Rescue previously said wheat bags should only be used for muscular aches and pains are not typically designed to be used in bed.
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